The Los Angeles Lakers are in town for their first visit of the season, and amid the Anthony Davis-LeBron James-Rich Paul triangle, the in-name-only New Orleans Pelicans superstar is not going to play.
Pelicans star Anthony Davis will sit tonight’s back to back against the Los Angeles Lakers due to rest.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 23, 2019
That’s right, the player who wished he was elsewhere right now and who prefers to be on any other team than the Pelicans in the near future — but wants to keep playing alongside teammates deemed not good enough — will miss the contest against Los Angeles for rest purposes as the game falls on the second night of a back-to-back.